‘Beijing is our No. 1 foreign threat. They exploit every nook and cranny in our financial and economic systems,’ Speaker Mike Johnson said. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he supports renewing the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for a second term, noting its instrumental role in
Utilities from the Gulf of Mexico to New England bracing for a stormy summer. Hurricane Beryl was on radars for more than 11 days, and its likely southeast Texas landfall was projected for at least five days before it crashed ashore July 8 in Matagorda Bay near Indianola, a ghost town abandoned nearly 140 years
Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential Trump vice presidential pick, has a strong foreign policy background and has been an outspoken critic of Beijing. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) joined former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Doral, Florida, just days before the 45th president is expected to announce his vice presidential pick. Former President
The Department of Justice disrupted a suspected Russian bot farm, seizing two internet domains, while hundreds of social media accounts were shut down. The U.S. Department of Justice recently seized control of two internet domains and searched 968 accounts on the X social media platform, which it accused of helping spread disinformation for the Russian
The president announced plans to provide Ukraine with new air defense systems. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden opened the annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Washington on July 9, addressing leaders of the world’s “greatest military alliance” amid rising global geopolitical tensions. “NATO is stronger than it’s ever been in its history,” President Biden said
‘China is attempting to buy up America’s commercial infrastructure and farmland at a breakneck pace,’ Rep. Mike Bost said. Two Illinois lawmakers have asked the federal government to review a recent acquisition in which a Chinese state-run company took full ownership of a grain terminal strategically located on the Mississippi River. In a bipartisan letter
The 2024 Republican National Convention will take place at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15–18. Thousands of delegates and alternates selected by all 50 states and six territories will travel to the convention. Former President Donald Trump is expected to be officially nominated as the Republican candidate for the presidency during the convention.